Weekly Newsletter on Circular Waste Management in Africa, France and the EU #41-2023

Weekly Newsletter on Circular Waste Management in Africa, France and the EU #41-2023

South Africa

National Environmental Management: Waste Act: Industry Waste Tyre Management Plan prepared and submitted by CSIR: Comments invited. More to read: https://www.gov.za/documents/national-environmental-management-waste-act-industry-waste-tyre-management-plan-comments

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A South African delegation visited the Waste to Energy facilities of the Séché Group which included the ‘Changé site supplies Laval's district heating network with biogas and Solid Recovered Fuel (SRF) from waste’ and the ‘Alcea plant’ which produces electricity and heat from waste in the Nantes metropolitan area. These two sites are key assets for the development of the circular economy and the decarbonation in the ?areas they serve. The study tour was organized by Expertise France as part of Franco-South African environmental cooperation. More to read: https://www.dhirubhai.net/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7110651418222419969?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7110651418222419969%29https://www.dhirubhai.net/company/seche-environnement/posts/?feedView=all

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A webinar facilitated by the Institute of?waste Management of Southern Africa took place. Speakers deliberated on waste management challenges and circular economy, pointing out that collaborative efforts between African countries are vital as this collaboration allowed countries to learn from one another's experiences and adapt cost-effective waste?management practices. More to read: https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/speakers-deliberate-waste-management-challenges-amid-moves-to-a-circular-economy-2023-10-05

France

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Recycling: why the volumes collected have been falling since the beginning of the year. The recycling sector in France grew last year despite the energy crisis, posting a turnover of more than 11 billion euros (+7.7%). But the representative federation is worried about 2023. Various factors are accelerating the decline in recycled volumes in France, according to a national inventory presented at Pollutec 2023. As for the level of business investment, it has also increased (+20% per compared to 2021) and stands at €656 million. Among these investments, the modernization of collection and sorting tools represents 80%. In term of job creation, there is a + 5.5% increase and this remains an absolute priority including training. According to the Kyu study published in 2021, these are nearly 18,000 positions which will be need to be filled by 2030. More to read: https://www-latribune-fr.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.latribune.fr/economie/france/recyclage-pourquoi-les-volumes-collectes-baissent-depuis-le-debut-de-l-annee-979653.html?amp=1 and https://federec.com/FEDEREC/documents/DossierdepresseFEDERECChiffresclesdumarchedurecyclage2022Observatoire8737.pdf

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The 17th Waste Conference organized by the French symposium on waste management on the theme ‘the circular economy at the service of sovereignty’ took place. Created more than 30 years ago, the aim of this organization is to support the development of a more mature context, largely relayed by green days, citizens' initiatives, and other congresses, edition of specialized reports or the promotion of ecological and citizen initiatives. The 2 day conference included dialogues, technical workshops, plenary session and presentations are available to download. More to read: https://www.assises-dechets.org/assises-2023/

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A state-of-the-art sorting centre with artificial intelligence:? Bordeaux Métropole has invested in a state-of-the-art sorting centre. The Bordeaux metropolitan area has invested €35.5 million, with the support of Ademe and Citéo, which have each contributed €1.1 million, to expand and modernize its?waste sorting centre . A 5,500 m2?center equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, in particular fourteen optical sorters supplied by Pellenc ST and three sorting robots installed by Machinex and equipped with artificial intelligence. More to read: https://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news/video-bordeaux-metropole-modernisation-centre-tri-dechets-42734.php4#ntrack=cXVvdGlkaWVubmV8MzM5Mg%3D%3D[MjI0MTA%3D]

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The French federation of Recycling Companies (FEDEREC) is asking the State to suspend the deployment of the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes while an evaluation of the scheme is carried out.?The recyclers are not opposed to EPR per se, but regret the application of?"a theoretical model"?that does not take into account their activity. In 2023, the EPR weighs 7 billion euros per year, or 100 euros per person. The concern focuses on the imminent launch of the EPR end-of-life vehicle (ELV) sector with the arrival of manufacturers who do not hide the fact that they want to start individual systems (especially since?the major automotive groups?want to source the material as early as possible to meet their incorporation and eco-design objectives) and on the industrial and commercial packaging waste sector (with the new sector, 65% of cardboard packaging will fall into the hands of the future PRO, with in total, 80% of the activity of paper and cardboard recyclers will be covered by EPR). On the other hand, Federec is satisfied with certain sectors that increase the volumes handled by its members. This is the case for textiles, linens and footwear (TLC) and electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), which are presented as two examples of good implementation of EPR. Federec is also challenging one PRO's approval?(for construction and demolition waste EPR) which is unfair competition with recyclers and abuses a dominant position. More to read: https://www.actu-environnement.com/ae/news/federec-demande-suspension-mise-en-oeuvre-filieres-rep-42717.php4

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EU & Other countries

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The launch of the Global Action Partnership for Extended Producer Responsibility (GAP for EPR) organized by GIZ, WWF and OECD will be hosted by the PREVENT Waste Alliance on 19/10/2023. The partnership also receives circular economy support from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and is in close cooperation with UNEP on technical support for governments and PROs. During the online launch event, we would like to celebrate this new partnership and the platform for collaboration that it provides! We will present the rationale for the GAP for EPR, as well as its activities and options for engagement. We will also hear from a diverse group of practitioners and discuss the challenges they are facing in their efforts to implement and operate EPR and how the GAP for EPR could best address them. More to read: https://prevent-waste.net/launch-of-the-global-action-partnership-for-epr/

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In the run-up to the INC-3 meeting, there will be a full day event of showcasing and reflecting on lessons and circular solutions for plastic and marine litter prevention. The first session showcases solutions developed by the PREVENT Waste Alliance and its members to tackle challenges upstream, midstream, and downstream in the plastic value chain.?The second session elaborates further on general learnings, successful initiatives, and current trends in plastic and marine litter prevention. More to read:

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ITU and GIZ, through the global Green GovStack initiative are organizing the Rwanda EPR Blueprint for Electronics Event (on 7-8/11/2023). It will showcase the blueprint and provide a platform for discussion around the required implementation steps going forward. The event also invites new partners to collaborate with and support the Government of Rwanda during the implementation phase of the EPR system. It will bring together key national stakeholders with potential partners from across the continent and beyond, with the option to attend online.? More to read: https://www.itu.int/net/CRM/js/sr/C-00013118

How can Deposit Return Systems contribute to reduce packaging waste? What are the opportunities and limitations of this model? A study results on DRS frameworks in five countries: Iceland, Estonia, Finland, Turkey, South Korea and Uruguay will be presented online on 8/11/2023.? More to read: https://greentechknowledgehub.de/events/webinar-deposit-return-systems-packaging-materials

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EU environmental rules aim to ensure that end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) are managed sustainably.? They seek to eliminate hazardous substances in cars and require that most ELV parts and materials are reused or recycled. This initiative proposes improved collection, treatment and recycling of ELVs. It aims to ensure consistency with European Green Deal objectives by encouraging the car industry to adopt a sustainable model for the design and production of cars. The French Federation of Recycling Companies (FEDEREC) represents the approved economic players who carry out recycling operations for end-of-life vehicles (ELVs), from the administrative handling of the vehicle to the recycling and energy recovery of materials. As such, FEDEREC has a strong interest in the current revision of Directive No. 2000/53/EC of 09/18/00 relating to ELVs. FEDEREC is making the case that this EU rules to ELVs will respond to two issues (The fight against the illegal sector; the Facilitation in the dismantling and recycling of vehicles by introducing restrictive eco-design measures). FeDEREC suggests to Strengthen the deployment of systems making it possible to control the administrative status of vehicles placed or withdrawn from circulation, in order to ensure that they are properly taken care of by the legal sector and improve the exchange of this information between Member States during imports/exports, by forcing the last holder to prove, via the certificate of destruction and the SIV receipt, the delivery of his vehicle to an approved ELV center to pay for his insurance, a system applied in Czechia, which has proven its effectiveness (effective traceability is necessary to fight against the illegal sector) to Define the distinctions between used, repairable vehicles and ELVs, in a clear and easily controllable manner. The European Commission is inviting feedback on a regulatory proposal concerning circularity requirements for vehicle design and the handling of vehicles at the end of their life. These regulations are geared towards eradicating hazardous substances in vehicles and mandating that the majority of ELV components and materials are either recycled or repurposed. The proposal under discussion aims to enhance the collection, processing, and recycling of ELVs.?More to read: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/12633-End-of-life-vehicles-revision-of-EU-rules_en

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A webinar on 17/10/2023 organized by the ECOSWEEE Project that will present the best practices in the field of small WEEE and batteries collection and how they can be replicated. Through this webinar, we aim to shed light on successful collection initiatives in 9 EU Member states (+ the UK, CH, and NO) and the learnings from their implementation. Furthermore, we will present the findings from a customer survey we conducted in several Member States, providing valuable data on consumer behavior towards such collection efforts and their points of view on how to incentivize the increase of the collection of small WEEE and batteries. More to read: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oTMjqE9MQy64GF2aVwVfiw#/registration

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Batteries: the new obligations and due diligence of economic operators are set out in Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 of 12 July 2023 on batteries and waste batteries. Among other things, Chapter VIII lays down the rules applicable to the management of waste batteries. Under Article 56, the European legislature provides that an economic operator who makes available on the market, for the first time in the territory of the European Union, a battery which has been prepared for reuse, prepared for repurpose, repurposed or remanufactured is to be considered to be the producer of that battery. As such, it will be subject to extended producer responsibility obligations. The producer of the original battery and the producer of the battery that has been the subject of one of the above-mentioned operations may establish a cost-sharing mechanism in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 56. As regards the treatment of waste batteries, Article 70 of Regulation 2023/1542 provides that treatment operators will not be allowed to dispose of or recover waste batteries collected for energy. Such a provision is intended to promote, inter alia, the reuse of batteries and the recycling of waste batteries. More to read: https://blog.gossement-avocats.com/blog/environnement/batteries-le-contenu-devoir-de-diligence-des-metteurs-sur-le-marche-de-batteries-est-defini-par-le-reglement-ue-2023-1542-du-12-juillet-2023-relatif-aux-batteries-et-aux-dechets-de-batteries-reglement-ue-2023-1542-du-parlement-europeen-et-du-conseil-du-12-juillet-2023-relatif-aux-batteries-et-aux-dechets-de-batteries-modifiant-la-directive-2008-98-ce-et-le-reglement-ue-2019-1020-et-abrogeant-la-directive-2006-66-ce

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